In accordance of Rule XXV of the United States Senate, all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects is referred to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: • "
Coast Guard; •
Coastal zone management; •
Communications; •
Highway safety; •
Inland waterways, except construction; •
Interstate commerce; •
Marine and ocean navigation,
safety, and
transportation, including navigational aspects of
deepwater ports; •
Marine fisheries; •
Merchant marine and
navigation; • Nonmilitary
aeronautical and
space sciences; •
Oceans,
weather, and
atmospheric activities; •
Panama Canal and
interoceanic canals generally, except as provided in subparagraph (c); • Regulation of
consumer products and
services, including testing related to toxic substances, other than pesticides, and except for credit, financial services, and housing; • Regulation of interstate
common carriers, including
railroads,
buses,
trucks,
vessels,
pipelines, and
civil aviation; •
Science, engineering, and technology research and development and policy; •
Sports; •
Standards and
measurement; •
Transportation; and, • Transportation and commerce aspects of
Outer Continental Shelf lands." The Senate Commerce Committee is also charged to "study and review, on a comprehensive basis, all matters relating to science and technology, oceans policy, transportation, communications, and consumer affairs, and report thereon from time to time." ==Members, 119th Congress==